Republicans threaten boycott of MSNBC after racial tweet

MSNBC’s latest outbreak of foot-in-mouth disease has drawn a condemning response from the Republican National Committee.

Republicans threaten boycott of MSNBC after racial tweet (Twitter)

Wednesday night, someone at MSNBC tweeted out a link to the new Cheerios ad, featuring a biracial family. The tweet said:

“Maybe the rightwing will hate it, but everyone else will go aww”

The news network took down the tweet and apologized, saying it was offensive and not their position.

But apparently RNC Chairman Reince Priebus has had enough. Breitbart News reports Priebus has sent a letter to the network, saying this tweet is more than just a tweet.

“This is part of a pattern of behavior that has gotten markedly worse, and until Phil Griffin personally apologizes and takes corrective action, we cannot be part of this network’s toxic programming,” Priebus said.

“MSNBC hosts—including Alec Baldwin, Martin Bashir, Melissa Harris-Perry, Alex Wagner, and Ronan Farrow just to name a few—have had a troubling streak in the last several weeks of making comments that belittle and demean Americans without furthering any thoughtful dialogue. Perhaps it’s time for the executives at MSNBC to consider whether their network is upholding a meaningful journalistic mission.”

Whoa, what did all these people do? Well, you can find out in the gallery below.

Below is a gallery of MSNBC hosts and other anchors who’ve made some serious flubs.